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A biography of John Henry Newman along with a monograph "On Conscience" written in the 1940s is n... more A biography of John Henry Newman along with a monograph "On Conscience" written in the 1940s is now for the first time translated into English.
The Church in the Flesh, 2023
The unhappy obverse to Romano Guardini’s observation in 1922 about “the awakening of the Church i... more The unhappy obverse to Romano Guardini’s observation in 1922 about “the awakening of the Church in souls,” is “the dying of the Church in souls.” The Church in the Flesh, written in 1950,offers a fervent treatment for the latter in both symptom and cause. Across six refreshingly candid “letters,” Ida Friederike Görres develops a conversation aimed at a clarified, renewed, and strengthened faith in Jesus Christ and His Church. Affirming truth and rejecting error, Görres explains the incarnate nature of the Church and the necessity of the sacraments; the historical reality of the Church and the persistence of Tradition; the simplicity of the reason to believe in the Church: namely, Jesus Christ, the One who issues the invitation to faith; the necessary “nuisance” of morality in the Church’s mission; the kingship of Christ as the basis for the Church’s triumphs and tribulations; and the saints as the living proof of God’s salvific power and purpose.
Görres possessed “an insightful certainty and a fearlessness about the pressing questions and tasks of the Church today” (Joseph Ratzinger). In an elegant English translation (for the first time) by Jennifer S. Bryson, The Church in the Flesh embodies that clear and courageous conviction in presenting the saving truths incarnated in the Church.
Evangelization & Culture: The Journal of the Word on Fire Institute, 2023
A translation of the poem "Wachsende Saat" by Ida Friederike Görres written on the Feast of Corpu... more A translation of the poem "Wachsende Saat" by Ida Friederike Görres written on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1943. There is a brief introduction about the poem, about Görres, and about her connection to (then) Fr. Joseph Ratzinger.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture
An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Und... more An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Undset (1930) by Ida Coudenhove (Görres).
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to... more A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to other novels by Sigrid Undset. The article was written by Ida Friederike Görres (née Coudenhove) and first published in 1930. Note: on pages 140–141 of the journal there is a Translator's Introduction.
Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, 2023
A translation of a review by Ida Friederike Görres from 1951 of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauv... more A translation of a review by Ida Friederike Görres from 1951 of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. Ida Friederike Görres (1901 Bohemia–1971 Germany, née von Coudenhove) was a Catholic author, most well-known for her works on the saints and the Catholic Church.1 Görres was critical of the “women’s movement” during her lifetime—rejecting, for example, calls for women’s ordination.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to... more A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to other novels by Sigrid Undset. The article was written by Ida Friederike Görres (née Coudenhove) and first published in 1930. Note: on pages 140–141 of the journal there is a Translator's Introduction.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Und... more An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Undset (1930) by Ida Coudenhove (Görres).
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
Translation of an essay from 1966 on liturgical reform debates in Germany by Ida Friederike Görre... more Translation of an essay from 1966 on liturgical reform debates in Germany by Ida Friederike Görres. Görres lists which dispositions foster a capacity for liturgy and which don't. She criticizes trends in the liturgical reform movement as well as the growing tendency to downplay or dismiss sacred Scripture. She rejects the assertion that people of the modern age lack a capacity for liturgy. Essay: pages 129–139. Translator's Note: pages 126–129.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
An introduction by the translator to the essay "When Does a Person Have a Capacity for Liturgy" (... more An introduction by the translator to the essay "When Does a Person Have a Capacity for Liturgy" (in translation, pp. 129–139) and "Wann ist der Mensch Liturgiefähig?" (original text, pp. 140–148) by Ida Friederike Görres (1966).
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
An essay by Ida Friederike Görres from 1966 on Catholic debates about the liturgy and reform of t... more An essay by Ida Friederike Görres from 1966 on Catholic debates about the liturgy and reform of the liturgy. NOTE: Ida Görres is the author, not Jennifer Bryson, but Academia.edu does not (yet) offer a way to add a deceased person as an author. This article is on my profile because I translated this essay into English (pp. 129–139) and wrote an introduction to the essay (pp. 126–128) in the Summer 2022 edition of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2020
1970 lecture delivered in Germany by Ida Friederike Görres about trusting the Catholic Church whi... more 1970 lecture delivered in Germany by Ida Friederike Görres about trusting the Catholic Church while making sense of the upheaval following the Second Vatican Council. Translated into English by Jennifer S. Bryson.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2020
Eulogy for Ida Friederike Görres delivered by Fr. Joseph Ratzinger in 1971. Translated from Germa... more Eulogy for Ida Friederike Görres delivered by Fr. Joseph Ratzinger in 1971. Translated from German by Jennifer S. Bryson.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2020
Two biographical sketches of Ida Friederike Görres by Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz and a brief tr... more Two biographical sketches of Ida Friederike Görres by Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz and a brief translator's introduction. Translated from German by Jennifer S. Bryson.
Anti-Semitism Among Islamists in Germany, May 2019
A translation of the report "Antisemitismus im Islamismus" by the German government's Bundesamt f... more A translation of the report "Antisemitismus im Islamismus" by the German government's Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (March 2019).
Public Media Articles by Jennifer S . Bryson
One Peter Five, 2024
How the shuffling of the liturgical calendar and suppression of feast days has fostered a disconn... more How the shuffling of the liturgical calendar and suppression of feast days has fostered a disconnect with local cultures, as seen through traditional farmers' maxims (in English and German, i.e., Bauernregeln) and traditions related to plants.
The Newman Review, 2024
Biographical information about Ida Görres and an introduction to her work on St. John Henry Newman.
One Peter Five, 2023
An overview of the life and work of the Catholic author Ida Friederike Görres.
The Lamp Magazine, 2022
Reflections on conscience, conscience formation, and being an interrogator at Guantanamo by a Cat... more Reflections on conscience, conscience formation, and being an interrogator at Guantanamo by a Catholic,. Insights from Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971) are included.
Public Discourse, 2019
An overview and comparison of three amicus briefs submitted by Muslims to the Supreme Court in 20... more An overview and comparison of three amicus briefs submitted by Muslims to the Supreme Court in 2019 in a set of cases involving sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
A biography of John Henry Newman along with a monograph "On Conscience" written in the 1940s is n... more A biography of John Henry Newman along with a monograph "On Conscience" written in the 1940s is now for the first time translated into English.
The Church in the Flesh, 2023
The unhappy obverse to Romano Guardini’s observation in 1922 about “the awakening of the Church i... more The unhappy obverse to Romano Guardini’s observation in 1922 about “the awakening of the Church in souls,” is “the dying of the Church in souls.” The Church in the Flesh, written in 1950,offers a fervent treatment for the latter in both symptom and cause. Across six refreshingly candid “letters,” Ida Friederike Görres develops a conversation aimed at a clarified, renewed, and strengthened faith in Jesus Christ and His Church. Affirming truth and rejecting error, Görres explains the incarnate nature of the Church and the necessity of the sacraments; the historical reality of the Church and the persistence of Tradition; the simplicity of the reason to believe in the Church: namely, Jesus Christ, the One who issues the invitation to faith; the necessary “nuisance” of morality in the Church’s mission; the kingship of Christ as the basis for the Church’s triumphs and tribulations; and the saints as the living proof of God’s salvific power and purpose.
Görres possessed “an insightful certainty and a fearlessness about the pressing questions and tasks of the Church today” (Joseph Ratzinger). In an elegant English translation (for the first time) by Jennifer S. Bryson, The Church in the Flesh embodies that clear and courageous conviction in presenting the saving truths incarnated in the Church.
Evangelization & Culture: The Journal of the Word on Fire Institute, 2023
A translation of the poem "Wachsende Saat" by Ida Friederike Görres written on the Feast of Corpu... more A translation of the poem "Wachsende Saat" by Ida Friederike Görres written on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1943. There is a brief introduction about the poem, about Görres, and about her connection to (then) Fr. Joseph Ratzinger.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture
An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Und... more An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Undset (1930) by Ida Coudenhove (Görres).
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to... more A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to other novels by Sigrid Undset. The article was written by Ida Friederike Görres (née Coudenhove) and first published in 1930. Note: on pages 140–141 of the journal there is a Translator's Introduction.
Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, 2023
A translation of a review by Ida Friederike Görres from 1951 of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauv... more A translation of a review by Ida Friederike Görres from 1951 of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. Ida Friederike Görres (1901 Bohemia–1971 Germany, née von Coudenhove) was a Catholic author, most well-known for her works on the saints and the Catholic Church.1 Görres was critical of the “women’s movement” during her lifetime—rejecting, for example, calls for women’s ordination.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to... more A translation (from German to English) of an article about the relationship of The Wild Orchid to other novels by Sigrid Undset. The article was written by Ida Friederike Görres (née Coudenhove) and first published in 1930. Note: on pages 140–141 of the journal there is a Translator's Introduction.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Und... more An introduction to the translation of The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Undset (1930) by Ida Coudenhove (Görres).
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
Translation of an essay from 1966 on liturgical reform debates in Germany by Ida Friederike Görre... more Translation of an essay from 1966 on liturgical reform debates in Germany by Ida Friederike Görres. Görres lists which dispositions foster a capacity for liturgy and which don't. She criticizes trends in the liturgical reform movement as well as the growing tendency to downplay or dismiss sacred Scripture. She rejects the assertion that people of the modern age lack a capacity for liturgy. Essay: pages 129–139. Translator's Note: pages 126–129.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
An introduction by the translator to the essay "When Does a Person Have a Capacity for Liturgy" (... more An introduction by the translator to the essay "When Does a Person Have a Capacity for Liturgy" (in translation, pp. 129–139) and "Wann ist der Mensch Liturgiefähig?" (original text, pp. 140–148) by Ida Friederike Görres (1966).
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2022
An essay by Ida Friederike Görres from 1966 on Catholic debates about the liturgy and reform of t... more An essay by Ida Friederike Görres from 1966 on Catholic debates about the liturgy and reform of the liturgy. NOTE: Ida Görres is the author, not Jennifer Bryson, but Academia.edu does not (yet) offer a way to add a deceased person as an author. This article is on my profile because I translated this essay into English (pp. 129–139) and wrote an introduction to the essay (pp. 126–128) in the Summer 2022 edition of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2020
1970 lecture delivered in Germany by Ida Friederike Görres about trusting the Catholic Church whi... more 1970 lecture delivered in Germany by Ida Friederike Görres about trusting the Catholic Church while making sense of the upheaval following the Second Vatican Council. Translated into English by Jennifer S. Bryson.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2020
Eulogy for Ida Friederike Görres delivered by Fr. Joseph Ratzinger in 1971. Translated from Germa... more Eulogy for Ida Friederike Görres delivered by Fr. Joseph Ratzinger in 1971. Translated from German by Jennifer S. Bryson.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2020
Two biographical sketches of Ida Friederike Görres by Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz and a brief tr... more Two biographical sketches of Ida Friederike Görres by Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz and a brief translator's introduction. Translated from German by Jennifer S. Bryson.
Anti-Semitism Among Islamists in Germany, May 2019
A translation of the report "Antisemitismus im Islamismus" by the German government's Bundesamt f... more A translation of the report "Antisemitismus im Islamismus" by the German government's Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (March 2019).
One Peter Five, 2024
How the shuffling of the liturgical calendar and suppression of feast days has fostered a disconn... more How the shuffling of the liturgical calendar and suppression of feast days has fostered a disconnect with local cultures, as seen through traditional farmers' maxims (in English and German, i.e., Bauernregeln) and traditions related to plants.
The Newman Review, 2024
Biographical information about Ida Görres and an introduction to her work on St. John Henry Newman.
One Peter Five, 2023
An overview of the life and work of the Catholic author Ida Friederike Görres.
The Lamp Magazine, 2022
Reflections on conscience, conscience formation, and being an interrogator at Guantanamo by a Cat... more Reflections on conscience, conscience formation, and being an interrogator at Guantanamo by a Catholic,. Insights from Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971) are included.
Public Discourse, 2019
An overview and comparison of three amicus briefs submitted by Muslims to the Supreme Court in 20... more An overview and comparison of three amicus briefs submitted by Muslims to the Supreme Court in 2019 in a set of cases involving sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
In this short essay, I will gesture at four fruitful areas of dialogue between mimetic theory and... more In this short essay, I will gesture at four fruitful areas of dialogue between mimetic theory and the analysis of terrorism. First, mimetic theory can help make sense of the fundamental triangular dynamics at the heart of terrorisms old and new by pointing us to another triangular structure, that through which desire is mimetically constituted. Second, mimetic theory is especially well placed to illuminate the centrality of scapegoating and sacrifice in violent acts of terror—and thus to decode the sacred subtext of “fourth-wave,” religious terrorism. However, third, mimetic theory offers also conceptual tools to move beyond the reading of post-9/11 terrorism as “religious violence,” instead exploring resentment as an affect and mode of desiring central to contemporary acts of terror. Fourth and finally, mimetic theory provides the potential for another explanation of terror that looks at the “two sides of mimesis.”
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, Volume One, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, Volume One, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World, 2020
War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict, 2017
In War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict, Jeffrey M. Shaw and Timothy J. Demy, ... more In War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict, Jeffrey M. Shaw and Timothy J. Demy, Editors.
International Affairs, 2015
Looking through the prism of contemporary discourses on countless ideological narratives, Islamis... more Looking through the prism of contemporary discourses on countless ideological narratives, Islamism seems to occupy a significant position in the emblem of these narratives. In the history of west, ...
Peace and Stability Operations Journal Online, 2013
Review of Arab Society in Revolt: The West’s Mediterranean Challenge, edited by Cesare Merlini an... more Review of Arab Society in Revolt: The West’s Mediterranean Challenge, edited by Cesare Merlini and Olivier Roy (Brookings, 2013). Peace & Stability Operations Journal Online, January 2013, Issue 3, Volume 2, pp. 27-28.
Marine Corps University Journal, 2012
Review of God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics by M. Toft, D. Philpott,and T. Sh... more Review of God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics by M. Toft, D. Philpott,and T. Shah in Marine Corps University Journal (Spring 2012): 119-121.
Review of Faith and International Affairs, 2015
Review of Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West's Past by John M. Owen (Princeto... more Review of Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West's Past by John M. Owen (Princeton University Press, 2014). In the Review of Faith and International Affairs, Volume 13, Issue 4, 2015, pp. 95-96.
The Review of Faith and International Affairs, 2013
A review of Paul Marshall and Nina Shea, Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking F... more A review of Paul Marshall and Nina Shea, Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), a book that examines the impact of apostasy and blasphemy laws on converts away from Islam, religious minorities, and Muslim intellectuals, and that also includes essays by three Muslim contributors who argue Islam itself does not require, or even support, the temporal punishments for apostasy and blasphemy. Published in Review of Faith and International Affairs 11, no. 3 (2013): 84-85.
Neue Schau: Große christliche Erzählungen im 20. Jahrhundert, 2023
Introduction to the short story "Die Braut des Alexis" by Ida Friederike Görres.
Book chapter, pages 87-98 from Violence in Civil Society: Monotheism Guilty? edited by Alejandra ... more Book chapter, pages 87-98 from Violence in Civil Society: Monotheism Guilty? edited by Alejandra Vanney (Georg Olms Verlag, 2013).
The intersection of Islam and religious freedom is of vital importance for religious minorities—b... more The intersection of Islam and religious freedom is of vital importance for religious minorities—both for non-Muslims who live as minorities in Muslim-majority areas, and for Muslims who live as minorities in countries where Islam is not the predominant faith. But the intersection is also vital for the majority—for Muslims in Muslim-majority contexts. There has been limited scholarship devoted to the religious perspectives of Muslims who support religious freedom. This collection of articles examines the complex political and societal circumstances surrounding the intersection of Islam and religious freedom, and it outlines the risks for Muslims and non-Muslims alike of restricting religious freedom in Muslim-majority countries.
Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German, 1989
Jennifer Bryson describes her experience spending her sophomore year of college in 1986-1987 in t... more Jennifer Bryson describes her experience spending her sophomore year of college in 1986-1987 in the German Democratic Republic, where she studied Marxism-Leninism at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig. She offers advice for other Americans interested in studying in the GDR.
The Reluctant Mullah, by British author Sagheer Afzal is a funny novel, and it is much more. It m... more The Reluctant Mullah, by British author Sagheer Afzal is a funny novel, and it is much more. It manages to be cute and chatty at times while, in the end, piercing, with a devastating thrust, into the depths of what it means to submit to God even in the face of excruciating tragedy.
Akhtar skillfully develops wonderful characters. As I delved into this novel I kept wanting to f... more Akhtar skillfully develops wonderful characters. As I delved into this novel I kept wanting to find more and more time to read so I could find out what would happen to characters such as the main figure Hayat; Mina, a dear family friend; and Mina’s suitor, the kind Jewish doctor Nathan. Also, Akhtar powerfully tackles the serious, generally taboo topics of Jew-hatred and domestic abuse. (This courageous novel goes beyond abstract “anti-Semitism”; American Dervish confronts outright hatred and its real-life consequences.)
Violent Islamist extremism is no longer just an “over there” problem that might travel across oce... more Violent Islamist extremism is no longer just an “over there” problem that might travel across oceans to attack here. In case anyone doubted that this phenomenon is domestic and “home-grown,” one can do so no longer. Adding to this undeniable reality, we have by the end of 2010 seen some Americans’ fear of violent Islamist extremism morph into fear and even outright hatred of Islam and of Muslims themselves. In just the past few months America nearly became the home to “Burn a Koran Day,” and the national conversation experienced a rapid escalation into very sharp barbs in the public discussions about the proposed Park 51 Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York.
Whose problem is fanaticism within a religious faith? Is it only a problem for the fanatics thems... more Whose problem is fanaticism within a religious faith? Is it only a problem for the fanatics themselves and for the victims of the fanatics’ actions? Is fanaticism essentially irrelevant for non-fanatical co-religionists? Or do those who see through fanaticism and reject it have a particular responsibility as co-believers to try to diminish internal religious and ideological fanaticism? These are among the questions Algerian novelist Boulem Sansal tackles in his gripping novel The German Muhajid.
The Algerian novel The Last Summer of Reason provides a powerful and strangely beautiful reminder... more The Algerian novel The Last Summer of Reason provides a powerful and strangely beautiful reminder of the danger of letting violent ideological fundamentalism fester. We would do well to heed this reminder now, not later.
Review of Faith & International Affairs, Jun 1, 2011
The intersection of Islam and religious freedom is of vital importance for religious minorities—b... more The intersection of Islam and religious freedom is of vital importance for religious minorities—both for non-Muslims who live as minorities in Muslim-majority areas, and for Muslims who live as minorities in countries where Islam is not the predominant faith. But the intersection is also vital for the majority—for Muslims in Muslim-majority contexts. There has been limited scholarship devoted to the religious perspectives of Muslims who support religious freedom. This collection of articles examines the complex political and societal circumstances surrounding the intersection of Islam and religious freedom, and it outlines the risks for Muslims and non-Muslims alike of restricting religious freedom in Muslim-majority countries.
Review of Faith & International Affairs, Sep 1, 2013
A review of Paul Marshall and Nina Shea, Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking F... more A review of Paul Marshall and Nina Shea, Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), a book that examines the impact of apostasy and blasphemy laws on converts away from Islam, religious minorities, and Muslim intellectuals, and that also includes essays by three Muslim contributors who argue Islam itself does not require, or even support, the temporal punishments for apostasy and blasphemy.